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Ben Norton

Benjamin (Ben) Norton is an investigative journalist and analyst. Ben is the founder and editor of Geopolitical Economy Report. He lived in and reported from Latin America for several years, and is now based in Beijing, China. (Publicaciones en español aquí.)

USA

Philosopher Judith Butler repeatedly donated to ‘top cop’ Kamala Harris

Renowned philosopher Judith Butler repeatedly donated to political campaigns of self-declared “top cop” Kamala Harris, a center-right neoliberal who imprisoned poor people of color...

Ben Norton2019-12-18

anarchist Murray Bookchin Zionist Israel

Eurasia

Anarchist hero Murray Bookchin was a Zionist who whitewashed Israel’s colonialism and war crimes

Anarchist hero Murray Bookchin was a Zionist who whitewashed Israel and justified its colonialist policies and war crimes against Arabs, calling them "imperialists"

Ben Norton2019-06-14

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USA

CNN and MSNBC hire CIA/Pentagon officials as talking heads – and they push for more war

Top TV networks CNN and MSNBC hired a slew of former CIA and Pentagon officials as analysts, who use the media to push for...

Ben Norton2018-02-08

Eurasia

Pentagon says China and Russia are top US national security ‘threats,’ not terrorism

The US government is moving away from “war on terror” rhetoric as Defense Secretary Mattis says “great power competition, not terrorism, is now the...

Ben Norton2018-01-26

Eurasia

Ukraine President Poroshenko whitewashes Nazi Holocaust crime, falsely blaming USSR

Ukraine's right-wing, Western-backed President Petro Poroshenko shared a photo of Nazis marching Jews to a death camp and falsely blamed it on the Soviet...

Ben Norton2017-10-24

Opinion

‘They don’t value life’: How the US empire dehumanizes its victims, from Indigenous genocide to Vietnam to Palestine

Imperialists have long claimed their victims "don't value human life," from the US Declaration of Independence to American generals waging war on Vietnam, European...

Ben Norton2017-07-06

Saudi airstrike Yemen Saada detention center US made bomb

Eurasia

Yemen faces ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ amid US/Saudi war, UN warns again and again

“Yemen is experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis”, the UN warned, while the US helps Saudi Arabia bomb the impoverished country.

Ben Norton2017-04-23

Eurasia

Yemen suffers ‘largest humanitarian crisis in world’, UN warns repeatedly

Yemen is going through “one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises,” the United Nations has repeatedly warned, as Saudi Arabia bombs civilian areas with...

Ben Norton2017-01-09

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Opinion

George Orwell made blacklist of leftists for British government, CIA promoted his work

George Orwell secretly worked for the UK’s Foreign Office, spying on leftists on behalf of the imperialist British government. His work was also promoted...

Ben Norton2016-12-14

Eurasia

NY Times admits Saudi bombing of Yemen could not continue without US support

The New York Times editorial board acknowledged that Saudi Arabia could not wage war on Yemen without US backing: "the coalition would be grounded...

Ben Norton2016-08-18